Last but not least: Live your values aloud, not alone. Be open minded, open hearted, and support justice, love, learning, and hope.

EVENTS

2020. Ujamaa Book Festival. 11:00am-5:00pm. Brings authors and readers together to celebrate the written word of the literary profession. The festival features new, emerging, and nationally recognized authors. Hosted Harambee Books & Artworks. Open to the PUBLIC / Free Admission. LINK

May 18, 2019. Gaithersburg Book Festival. Gaithersburg City Hall. A Celebration of Books, Writers, and Literary Excellence. LINK

October 24th 2018. Building Your Author Platform: Part 4: Easy Self Promotion: Business Cards, Writing Samples, & Networking. This event is free and open to the public, but you must RSVP as space is limited. It’s sponsored by the Silver Spring Writers Group. I will be teaching and facilitating this 2-hour workshop.

September 28-30, 2018. 11am-7pm. Baltimore Inner Harbor. The Baltimore Book Festival features hundreds of appearances by local, celebrity and nationally known authors, book signings, more than 100 exhibitors and booksellers, nonstop readings on multiple stages, cooking demos by top chefs, poetry readings, workshops, panel discussions, storytellers and hands-on projects for kids, live music, and a thoughtfully curated food, craft beer, and wine program. I’ll be there as a participant on Friday September 28, spending most of my time at the Romance Writers of America and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America stages.

September 26, 2018. Building Your Author Platform: Part 3: Author Website Development, Copy writing & Repurposing Content. This event is free and open to the public, but you must RSVP as space is limited. It’s sponsored by the Silver Spring Writers Group. I will be teaching and facilitating this 2-hour workshop.

August 22, 2018. Building Your Author Platform: Part 2: Connecting with Readers: Goodreads, Book clubs, and Conferences. This event is free and open to the public, but you must RSVP as space is limited. It’s sponsored by the Silver Spring Writers Group. I will be teaching and facilitating this 2-hour workshop.

OutWrite is a nonprofit festival celebrating LGBT Literature at the Reeves Center, centrally located on U Street NW and home to the The DC Center for the LGBT Community. The 2019 festival kicks off with a launch event the evening of Friday, August 2nd. Saturday, August 3rd is our full day of readings, panels, exhibitors and book sales. Workshops for writers will be held on Sunday, August 4th. I’ll be there as a participant on August 4th. In 2018, OutWrite welcomed more than ninety LGBTQ authors as readers and panelists, including keynote Michelle Tea, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Kosoko Jackson and Lara Elena Donnelly.

July 25th 2018. Building Your Author Platform: Part 1: Getting Social Online: Social Media, Quora & Blogging. This event is free and open to the public, but you must RSVP as space is limited. It’s sponsored by the Silver Spring Writers Group. I will be teaching and facilitating this 2-hour workshop.

April 21, 2018. Author Fest at the Library of Congress. Hosted by the DC public library. They’ll have a number of free author-related sessions form 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. Here is a link where you can learn more. I’ll be there as a participant. Hope to see you there! LINK

Fall 2008, October 4, 2008. The Capital BookFest returns to the Blvd @ The Cap Centre in Largo, MD! I was invited back – third year in a row -to the fourth Annual Capital BookFest sponsored by The Washington Post on Saturday.

April 12th 2008, I accepted an invitation to a Private Poetry Circle event as the featured, Guest Poet for the afternoon. I read from Storm of Roses and shared new, unpublished poems, including “We Were Giants” which will be a part of my next compilation.

October 6th 10am-7pm. Annual Capital BookFest. Storm of Roses to be exhibited at the third Annual Capital BookFest sponsored by The Washington [email protected] Borders Books, 931 A Capital Centre Blvd, Largo Maryland, 20774. Last year, 1500 adults and children attended this event and I read poems and excerpts from Storm of Roses in the Borders bookstore as a part of the festivities. This year I have been invited to attend as an exhibitor! Woohoo!

Summer 2007. Freelance writer and book publicist Jennifer Pullinger writes and article covering the 28th Washington Writers Conference in Washington DC. She quotes me and suggests the conference consider adding me to the panel of next year’s conference! Sweet!

May 2007. Storm of Roses Wins Another Award! Award-Winning Finalist in the Poetry Category of the “National Indie Excellence 2007” Book Awards!

April 10th 2:30pm EST. Interview with Fran Silverman. I interview with Fran Silverman on her radio show, Achieve Radio Tuesday April 10th 2:30pm EST. Visit the link below for the archives or catch it live on your podcast! LINK

February 1, 2007. The Storm of Roses Valentine’s Day Gift Sets launched in February were a success! Each decorated red or pink bag included:

One signed copy of Storm of Roses ($40 HB or $30 PB)Storm of Roses bookmarkStorm of Roses collectors’ penStorm of Roses collectors’ letter slitter
Valentine’s Day flyer
Specialty Storm of Roses information card
One individually wrapped ‘Premium Quality Land Lakes Cocoa Classic’
A variety bunch of Valentine’s Day chocolates (such as Snickers, M&Ms, Twix, Crunch, Hershey’s Kisses, Butterfinger, Baby Ruth, Hershey’s Hugs, Jolly Ranchers, Mints)!
choice of a “I love you” bear, or beautifully scented candle
All put together tastefully in a gift bag with red paper and decorative ribbon!
Theme: Give more than just a bouquet of roses; give Storm of Roses, a gift of literary miracles that will never fade.

Winter 2006. Award-Winner in Poetry for Best Books 2006 National Book Awards!www.usabooknews.com

“Powerful! Insightful! Breath-taking! Storm of Roses delivers a diverse compilation of poetry and short stories from young poet and author, E. Tara Scurry. She has a very promising literary career ahead of her!” –USABookNews.com

October 23, 2006. Interview and poetry reading. Tune into the radio program, Starstyle®-Be the Star You Are! with host Cynthia Brian, on Monday, October 23 from 1-2 pm PST/4-5pm EST where I’ll be
interviewed live about my book, Storm of Roses.

We would love for you to call in and talk to us, toll-free at STUDIO A: 1-866-613-1612. If you miss the live show, you can find it archived at that site or listen live from another
of the syndicated radio shows listed via this LINK. Thanks for supporting the efforts to spread the word!

May 11th, 2006Storm of Roses earns iUniverse Reader’s Choice designation! Authors achieve the Reader’s Choice level after receiving the Editor’s Choice designation AND selling over 250 books through external (online orders, local bookstore orders, and books not sold directly from the author) channels!

Read below for how Storm of Roses sold out during the April B. Dalton signing! Details will be in the upcoming newsletter.

Come join us on this very special evening where this exclusive club is opening its doors to everyone coming for a reading, book signing and networking. Wine and refreshments will be provided by The Century Limited Inc. Each guest will have a chance to participate in the special raffle prize drawings. If you’re feeling particularly festive, the colors for the evening are black, red and white. Business Casual/Business.

*If you haven’t had a chance to come to an event yet, don’t fret! This is the BIG one! Books will be available at the event.

*The Century Limited Inc. is a mature (over 35) Professional men’s club consisting of lawyers, doctors, government officials and business owners in the D.C. metropolitan area. The book club at Century Limited Inc. has invited E. Tara Scurry and her guests for the official PREMIER of Storm of Roses: A Compilation of Poetry and Short Stories!

The Century Limited Book club has hosted authors such as Donna Brazile (Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics ) who is Chair of the Democratic National Committee’s Voting Rights Institute (VRI), adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and veteran Democratic political strategist (the former Campaign Manager for Gore-Lieberman 2000 – the first African American to lead a major presidential campaign), Georgia Congressmen John Lewis (Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement), Elizabeth Clark-Lewis (Living-in, Living-out) and Laura Randolph Lancaster, Patti LaBelle’s co-writer (Don’t Block the Blessings: Revelations of a Lifetime).

NEWS!!! B. Dalton completely sold out of Storm of Roses 35 minutes before the signing was scheduled to end!!! (Noon-4pm) Storm of Roses continued to sell despite being sold out as multiple customers didn’t let the lack of books deter them and insisted on ordering their copies! Because of Storm of Roses’s success, E. Tara Scurry has been invited back to the B. Dalton for a second round in May or June, date TBA!

One attendee was candidate for the Montgomery County Council seat at-large and former Montgomery County school board president (94′-04′) Reggie Felton (www.reggiefelton.org), who bought two books!

October 23rd 2005 Poetry Reading during annual Homecoming Sunday service, Atlanta GA, Morehouse College (Details of this event can be found in the October Press Release) Piece Shared: Poem, Perfect Vessels To Receive

November 4th, 2005 Open-Mic, Well Coffeehouse, located at Marantha Fellowship 3828 Univ Blvd, College Park MD, 20740 7:30-8:30, live band at 8:45pm. Starbucks coffee & free prizes. www.wellcoffeehouse.com (Scurry received a shout-out from the band for her attention-grabbing piece and multiple laughs from the 60+ people in attendance) Piece Shared: Excerpt from short story, Eternity

February 22nd 2006 NAACP sponsored Career Fair at Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, Washington DC. Scurry was served as a Mentor Role Model Career Counselor to high school students in the areas of creative writing, sociology, human resources and organization development.

March 15th 2006 Cordozo Senior High School Career Fair, Washington DC

June 2006 CHOCOLATE CHERRY REaD Book Club is a woman’s Professional book club consisting of Physicists, Registered Nurses, Technologists and hospital administrators. The club has choses Storm of Roses for the month and Scurry will discuss and sign books. Specific date TBA. Contact [email protected]oo.com for more information.